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Between June and November 1944, forces of the United States Marine Corps and US Army conducted offensive operations intended to dislodge Japanese forces from the Mariana Islands and the island nation of Palau. Operational support came from elements of the US Navy. The code name, Operation Forager.

Part of the island-hopping strategy employed to def...


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John William “Wild Bill” Crump was born in 1924 in the village of Opportunity, Washington. From the age of 5 he seemed destined for the air, his first flight with his father at the stick.

The world was at war in 1944, and badly in need of pilots. Wild Bill Crump arrived at Harding Field, Nebraska at the age of 20 to complete pilot training.

He came upon th...


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